By: Buckingham, et al. S.B. No. 1834
(Cosper)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of money associated with delays of
transportation projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 222, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 222.007 to read as follows:
Sec. 222.007. ALLOCATION OF MONEY FROM TRANSPORTATION
PROJECT DELAYS. (a) The department shall establish a system to
track liquidated damages, including road user costs, retained by
the department associated with delayed transportation project
contracts.
(b) The system must allow the department to correlate the
liquidated damages with:
(1) the project that was the subject of the damages;
and
(2) each department district in which the project that
was the subject of the damages is located.
(c) Each year, the department shall:
(1) for each department district, determine the amount
of money described by Subsection (a) retained in the previous year
that is attributable to projects located in the district; and
(2) in addition to other amounts, allocate to each
department district an amount of money equal to the amount
determined for the district under Subdivision (1) to be used for
transportation projects located in that district.
(d) If a transportation project that was the subject of
liquidated damages is located in more than one department district,
the department may reasonably allocate the amount of the liquidated
damages from that project among the districts in which the project
is located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.